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Overview

The Maintenance Technician position at PBNA involves repairing and installing production equipment, performing preventative maintenance, and ensuring proper functioning of machinery. The role requires physical stamina and the ability to work in environments with heat, noise, gas, and chemicals.

Responsibilities

  • Perform preventative maintenance on production equipment
  • Repair all production equipment as needed
  • Perform breakdown analysis
  • Perform general housekeeping
  • Upgrade production lines with new equipment/technology
  • Work with outside contractors on assigned line
  • Change line for package changeovers
  • Comply with GMP, safety, and audit standards
  • Document work schedule and tasks completed

Requirements

  • Must be 18 years or older
  • Pass technical assessment on job-critical maintenance knowledge areas
  • Experience with mechanical systems such as gear boxes, chains, and motors
  • Experience with reading and applying product manuals for repairs
  • Experience with troubleshooting mechanical breakdowns
  • Experience with reading mechanical drawings including hydraulics and pneumatics

Additional Information

  • Position may require weekend and/or holiday work
  • Requires own hand tools
  • Physical demands include lifting, climbing, standing, walking, crouching, squatting, bending, and kneeling
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How this job compares in Mesquite, TX

Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 41% above the $28/hr median for welding jobs across Texas — toward the top of a $23–$35/hr middle band drawn from 487 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 85% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Mesquite, TX

Mesquite, TX currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Texas as a whole we're tracking 1,424 other active welding openings from 736 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Mesquite, or widen the search to Texas.

The most active employers in Texas at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Zachry Group (26), Welding Shop in Houston, TX (25), and Austin Industries (23). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Texas, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Pasadena at $40/hr, San Angelo at $39/hr, and Midlothian at $38/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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